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Senate Rejects GOP Proposal to Ban Earmarks
Fox News ^
| November 30, 2010
| AP
Posted on 11/30/2010 7:37:29 AM PST by So Cal Rocket
WASHINGTON -- The Senate has rejected a GOP bid to ban the practice of larding spending bills with earmarks -- those pet projects that lawmakers love to send home to their states.
Democrats and a handful of Republicans combined to defeat the effort, which would have effectively forbidden the Senate from considering legislation containing earmarks like road and bridge projects, community development funding, grants to local police departments and special-interest tax breaks.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: earmarks
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To: So Cal Rocket
Bring it to a vote again. Soon as possible.
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:38:19 AM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
To: So Cal Rocket
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:38:35 AM PST
by
samtheman
To: So Cal Rocket
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:40:00 AM PST
by
Wolfie
To: So Cal Rocket
The Senate can earmare away but if the new House hold to their commitment...there will be no earmarks. Boehner has got the ball now.
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:41:42 AM PST
by
harpu
( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
To: All
oops...
earmare = earmark
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:42:42 AM PST
by
harpu
( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
To: So Cal Rocket
Did we expect anything less? But, the HOUSE can defund all the earmarks (if they don’t all turn into Rino’s).
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:43:36 AM PST
by
blondee123
(IMPEACH THEM ALL! FREEDOMS SLIPPING AWAY DAILY!)
To: samtheman
Eight Republicans voted against the earmark ban: Bob Bennett of Utah; Thad Cochran of Mississippi, the senior Republican on the Appropriations Committee; Susan Collins of Maine; James Inhofe of Oklahoma; Lisa Murkowski of Alaska; Richard Lugar of Indiana; Richard C. Shelby of Alabama; and George V. Voinovich of Ohio.
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:44:24 AM PST
by
So Cal Rocket
(Task 1: Accomplished, Task 2: Hold them Accountable!)
To: blondee123
To: So Cal Rocket
Of course. They don’t get it.
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:44:52 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: harpu
I like that. Earmark + Nightmare = Earmare.
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:46:04 AM PST
by
DManA
To: So Cal Rocket
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:46:27 AM PST
by
Sybeck1
(Is it proper etiquette to tip after a enhanced pat down?)
To: samtheman
“Name names.”
Indeed...so that we can contact them!!!!!!!!
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:47:00 AM PST
by
SumProVita
(Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
To: So Cal Rocket
James Inhofe of Oklahoma.
That one surprises me. Am I missing something?
To: So Cal Rocket
Repubs are secretly thrilled...
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:47:56 AM PST
by
Flightdeck
(If you hear me yell "Eject, Eject, Eject!" the last two will be echos...)
To: So Cal Rocket
handful of RepublicansLet's guess!
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:50:33 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
To: So Cal Rocket
...but but but it only represents .5 % of total spending.
Geez, how much could that be? What's all the fuss? ...just a drop in the bucket, insignificant.
To: b4its2late
Lease-a-murkowski as usual.
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:54:08 AM PST
by
sunmars
To: napscoordinator
That rather surprises me too...
As well as the fact that apparently Snowe voted for the ban?
To: Svartalfiar
As well as the fact that apparently Snowe voted for the ban? She must be worried about a potential primary challenge.
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posted on
11/30/2010 7:57:23 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Touch my tagline and I'll have you arrested)
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